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The Parent Advisory Committee was formed to provide the Director with parents' perspectives on programs and new initiatives and to assist the Director in her efforts to reach out to the parents of students with disabilities.
Parent Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
- October 25, 2007
- April 23, 2008
About the Committee
A Parent Survey (developed and reviewed by the committee members) is distributed to all parents of students with special needs each Spring. On that form, parents have the opportunity to indicate their interest in serving on the committee. The Director reviews the surveys and lists all interested parents. As openings occur, they are filled by parents from that list.
In order to ensure representation from across the district, parents are chosen based on the school that their child(ren) attend. In addition, in order to ensure that parents with children with varying needs are represented (the needs of a student who receives only speech services are very different from those of a child with multiple needs), parents are also chosen to represent different programs (Speech-Language, Learning Disability resource programs, self-contained cross-categorical programs, early childhood, etc.).
Parents on the committee are not representing their own child's individual interest, rather they bring the perspective of a parent of a child with special needs, a district resident and their own experiences relative to the programs that we offer.
The committee does not meet with the School Board. They advise the Director who makes program recommendations to the Superintendent and the School Board.
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